diff --git a/libs/boost/Makefile b/libs/boost/Makefile
index c0e90d1e9..1d81ebc99 100644
--- a/libs/boost/Makefile
+++ b/libs/boost/Makefile
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ define Package/boost/config
       			    - Not available if Shared libs are to be built.
       			 -> Use both runtimes.
       			    - Not available if Shared libs are to be built.
-      			    - Two seperate versions of Boost are built, linking each to a different runtime. 
+      			    - Two separate versions of Boost are built, linking each to a different runtime. 
       			    - This option requires "Use tagged names" option to be active.
 
 		    config boost-runtime-shared
diff --git a/libs/db47/patches/030-patch.4.7.25.3.patch b/libs/db47/patches/030-patch.4.7.25.3.patch
index 59b00e651..12bbeddb3 100644
--- a/libs/db47/patches/030-patch.4.7.25.3.patch
+++ b/libs/db47/patches/030-patch.4.7.25.3.patch
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 +/*
 + * __dd_build --
 + *	Build the lock dependency bit maps.
-+ * Notes on syncronization:  
++ * Notes on synchronization:  
 + *	LOCK_SYSTEM_LOCK is used to hold objects locked when we have
 + *		a single partition.
 + *	LOCK_LOCKERS is held while we are walking the lockers list and
diff --git a/libs/faad2/Makefile b/libs/faad2/Makefile
index 0d1310b11..f6bed3d95 100644
--- a/libs/faad2/Makefile
+++ b/libs/faad2/Makefile
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ endef
 
 define Build/Configure
 	# This replacement were do according to many comments on the web because of gcc 3.4.5 version (.6 included).-
-	# wich doesn't recognices the -iquote parameter to AM_CFLAGS
+	# which doesn't recognices the -iquote parameter to AM_CFLAGS
 	($(SED) 's,-iquote $$$$(top_srcdir),-I$$$$(top_srcdir),g' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libfaad/Makefile.am; \
 	$(SED) 's,-iquote $$$$(top_srcdir),-I$$$$(top_srcdir),g' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libfaad/Makefile.in);
 	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status}; \
diff --git a/libs/libmraa/patches/0002-add-mips-support.patch b/libs/libmraa/patches/0002-add-mips-support.patch
index ee4569631..1936624f7 100644
--- a/libs/libmraa/patches/0002-add-mips-support.patch
+++ b/libs/libmraa/patches/0002-add-mips-support.patch
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Signed-off-by: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
 +mraa_mtk_linkit_mmap_unsetup()
 +{
 +    if (mmap_reg == NULL) {
-+        syslog(LOG_ERR, "linkit mmap: null register cant unsetup");
++        syslog(LOG_ERR, "linkit mmap: null register can't unsetup");
 +        return MRAA_ERROR_INVALID_RESOURCE;
 +    }
 +    munmap(mmap_reg, mmap_size);
diff --git a/libs/libtorrent/Makefile b/libs/libtorrent/Makefile
index 6b41e87b8..eb059e0f7 100644
--- a/libs/libtorrent/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libtorrent/Makefile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ endef
 define Package/libtorrent/description
  LibTorrent is a BitTorrent library written in C++ for *nix, with a focus on
  high performance and good code. The library differentiates itself from other
- implementations by transfering directly from file pages to the network stack.
+ implementations by transferring directly from file pages to the network stack.
  On high-bandwidth connections it is able to seed at 3 times the speed of the
  official client.
 endef
diff --git a/libs/libxslt/Makefile b/libs/libxslt/Makefile
index df80b65b0..20a62210c 100644
--- a/libs/libxslt/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libxslt/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ define Package/libexslt
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   DEPENDS:=+libxslt
-  TITLE:=Gnome XSLT library Extention
+  TITLE:=Gnome XSLT library Extension
   URL:=http://xmlsoft.org/XSLT/EXSLT/
 endef
 
diff --git a/libs/vips/patches/001-no_cpp.patch b/libs/vips/patches/001-no_cpp.patch
index 72e841c5b..4ecd99108 100644
--- a/libs/vips/patches/001-no_cpp.patch
+++ b/libs/vips/patches/001-no_cpp.patch
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ diff -u --recursive --new-file vips-7.42.1-vanilla/libvips/Makefile.am vips-7.42
 -nodist_EXTRA_libvips_la_SOURCES = resample/dummy2.cc
 -endif
 -
- # DLLs need dependant libs there too ... put @VIPS_LIBS@ at the end
+ # DLLs need dependent libs there too ... put @VIPS_LIBS@ at the end
  libvips_la_LIBADD = \
  	resample/libresample.la \
 diff -u --recursive --new-file vips-7.42.1-vanilla/libvips/resample/Makefile.am vips-7.42.1/libvips/resample/Makefile.am